Jonathan Mason

Jonathan Mason (12 September 1756-1 November 1831) was a US Senator from Massachusetts from 14 November 1800 to 4 March 1803, succeeding Benjamin Goodhue and preceding John Quincy Adams, and a member of the US House of Representatives from Massachusetts' 1st district from 4 March 1817 to 15 May 1820, succeeding Artemas Ward Jr. and preceding Benjamin Gorham. He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
Jonathan Mason was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1756, and he became a lawyer in 1779 after graduating from Princeton University. He served in the State House of Representatives from 1786 to 1796 and in the State Senate from 1799 to 1800, when he was appointed to succeed Benjamin Goodhue in the US Senate. He served until 1803, and he proceeded to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1817 to 1820, resigning to continue his law practice. He died in 1831.